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<h1>Logics</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Log"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Logic</er>.</def>

<h1>Logistic, Logistical</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw><hw>Lo*gis"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lo*gis"tic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ skilled in calculating, <?/ to calculate, fr. <?/ word, number, reckoning: cf. F. <ets>logistique</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Logical.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Berkeley.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>Sexagesimal, or made on the scale of 60; <as>as, <ex>logistic</ex>, <ex>or sexagesimal</ex>, arithmetic</as>.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Logistic</col>, &or; <col>Proportional</col>, <col>logarithms</col></mcol>, <cd>certain logarithmic numbers used to shorten the calculation of the fourth term of a proportion of which one of the terms is a given constant quantity, commonly one hour, while the other terms are expressed in minutes and seconds; -- not now used.</cd></cs>

<h1>Logistics</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lo*gis"tics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>That branch of the military art which embraces the details of moving and supplying armies. The meaning of the word is by some writers extended to include <i>strategy</i>.</def>

<i>H. L. Scott.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>A system of arithmetic, in which numbers are expressed in a scale of 60; logistic arithmetic.</def>

<h1>Logman</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Log"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Logmen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A man who carries logs.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Logod\'91daly</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Log`o*d\'91d"a*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/. See <er>Logos</er>, and <er>D\'91dal</er>.]</ety> <def>Verbal legerdemain; a playing with words.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<h1>Logogram</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Log"o*gram</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ word + <ets>-gram</ets>.]</ety> <def>A word letter; a phonogram, that, for the sake of brevity, represents a word; <as>as, |, i. e., <it>t</it>, for <it>it</it></as>. Cf. <er>Grammalogue</er>.</def>

<h1>Logographer</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lo*gog"ra*pher</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A chronicler; one who writes history in a condensed manner with short simple sentences.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One skilled in logography.</def>

<h1>Logographic, Logographical</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw><hw>Log`o*graph"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Log`o*graph"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ of writing speeches: cf. F. <ets>logographique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to logography.</def>

<h1>Logography</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lo*gog"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a writing of speeches; <?/ word, speech + <?/ to write: cf. F. <ets>logographie</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A method of printing in which whole words or syllables, cast as single types, are used.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A mode of reporting speeches without using shorthand, -- a number of reporters, each in succession, taking down three or four words.</def>

<i>Brande & C.</i>